Coniston railway station, New South Wales

Railway station in New South Wales, Australia

Coniston

Northbound view from Bridge Street in January 2008

General information
Location| Gladstone Avenue, Coniston
New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates| 34°26′17″S 150°53′06″E﻿ / ﻿34.4380°S 150.8850°E﻿ / -34.4380; 150.8850
Elevation| 19 metres (62 ft)
Owned by| Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by| NSW TrainLink
Line(s)| South Coast
Distance| 84.097 km (53 miles)from Central[1]
Platforms| 2 (side), 132 and 139 metres[1]
Train operators| NSW TrainLink
Bus operators| Premier Illawarra
Construction
Structure type| At-grade
Parking| 68 spaces
Bicycle facilities| Yes
Architectural style| Inter-war functionalism
Other information
Website| Transport for NSW
History
Opened| 1 April 1916; 107 years ago (1916-04-01)[2]
Rebuilt| 20 May 1941; 82 years ago (1941-05-20)
Electrified| 4 February 1986; 38 years ago (1986-02-04)[3]
Previous names| Mount Drummond
Passengers
2023[5]|

* 113,660 (year)
* 311 (daily)[4] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)

Services
| Preceding station  |  NSW TrainLink | Following station

|
|

Unanderra

towards Kiama

|  | South Coast Line |  | Wollongong

towards Central or Bondi Junction

Lysaghts

towards Port Kembla

Coniston railway station is located in Coniston, New South Wales, Australia, on the South Coast railway line. The station serves NSW TrainLink trains travelling south to Port Kembla or Kiama and north to Wollongong and Sydney.[6]

## History[edit]

The functionalist 1941 platform buildings feature Art Deco-influenced "fins" on each end.

The district south of central Wollongong began to develop as an industrial area at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1916, the NSW Government Railways opened a branch line from the main South Coast line south of Wollongong to the new wharves at Port Kembla. The branch's sole passenger station was Mount Drummond, but it closed in 1923, reopening as Coniston in 1925. A "Coniston Station Estate" surrounding the station, consisting of industrial and residential allotments, was subdivided in 1939. The branch line assumed increased significance with Australia's entry into World War II, with a dramatic increase in steel production prompting the Railways to duplicate the line from Wollongong to Cringila. Coniston Station was demolished in 1941 and replaced with a new two-platform station at its present-day, main line location.[7]

The new station included three single-storey buildings: a ticket office at street level on Gladstone Avenue, and two identical platform buildings containing a waiting room and toilets. The buildings were constructed in the functionalist style from dichromatic brick using iron oxide and clinker bricks with soldier courses. The platform buildings feature distinctive Art Deco style vertical "fins" extending above the awnings at both ends. While all three buildings remain today, the exteriors have been painted over and the original internal fit-outs removed. The station is deemed to have local heritage significance.[7]

## Platforms and services[edit]

Coniston has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink South Coast line services travelling between Sydney Central, Bondi Junction and Kiama, as well as local services from Waterfall and Thirroul to Port Kembla.[6]

Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes

|
|
|

1 |

SCO

| services to Thirroul, Waterfall, Sydney Central & Bondi Junction | [6]
2 |

SCO

| services to Port Kembla & Kiama | [6]

## Transport links[edit]

Premier Illawarra operates one bus route via Coniston station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

* 11: Wollongong to University of Wollongong[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Asset Standards Authority (30 April 2015). "Train Operating Conditions (TOC) Manual – Track Diagrams (version 3.0)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
2. ^ Bozier, Rolfe. "NSWrail.net: Coniston Station".
3. ^ Office of Environment & Heritage (9 October 2009). "Wollongong Railway Station Group".
4. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
5. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
6. ^ a b c d "South Coast line timetable". Transport for NSW.
7. ^ a b Office of Environment & Heritage (29 May 2009). "Coniston Railway Station Group".
8. ^ "Premier Illawarra route 11". Transport for NSW.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Coniston railway station at Wikimedia Commons
* Coniston station details Transport for New South Wales

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